This week’s TAMIM Reading List takes you on a journey through finance, culture, and innovation. Delve into the ongoing reckoning with inflation and explore the rise and fall of Google’s prediction markets. Celebrate the simple joys of the world’s greatest pen and uncover the surprising tricks of Big Toilet Paper. Learn how the CIA recruits Russian spies and follow Paul Mescal’s path to Gladiator II. Be inspired by the cyclists who revolutionised Afghanistan and question if U.S. stocks are overvalued. Finally, explore the rapid adoption of generative AI and what makes a “once-in-a-generation” investment opportunity. Each article brings fresh insights into the challenges and opportunities shaping our world.

📚 The reckoning with inflation

📚 The Death and Life of Prediction Markets at Google

📚 A Love Letter to the Greatest Pen of All Time

📚 How Big Toilet Paper dupes us all

📚 How Does the CIA Recruit Russian Spies?

📚 Paul Mescal’s Road to ‘Gladiator II’

📚 The Alchemists: They led a cycling revolution in Afghanistan

📚 Are U.S. Stocks Overvalued? When stocks go up presidents get too much credit and when they go down they get too much blame.

📚 Many retailers offer ‘returnless refunds.’

📚 What Does a Once-in-a-Generation Investment Opportunity Look Like?

📚 The Rapid Adoption of Generative AI